Peter Moores hints at Jonathan Trott inclusion for Barbados Test

England's Jonathan Trott looks likely to keep his place at the top of the order when the third Test against West Indies commences at Kensington Oval on Friday, if coach Peter Moores' comments on the batsman are any indication.

Since returning to the England team after a 17-month absence from international cricket owing to depression, Trott has made 0, 4, 59 and 0 when paired with Alastair Cook as opener in two Tests in the Caribbean. The squad includes the uncapped Yorkshire batsman Adam Lyth, but according to Moores, Trott's first-innings fifty in Grenada was indication that he is on the right path.

"I thought Trott played really well in the first innings," said Moores after Englands nine-wicket win that puts them 1-0 up heading into the final Test. "I think he played beautifully. In the second innings, he got out to his third or fourth ball. It happens. It can happen to anyone.

"But what we saw in the first innings was Jonathan Trott playing like Jonathan Trott. I think he would admit that in [the first Test in] Antigua he hadn't quite got himself where he wanted to be. I don't think his temperament changed, for me it was more of a technical thing. He was overbalancing in Antigua so he wasn't quite getting where he wanted to be with the ball. He sorted that out, and I thought the partnership between him and Cook was a really good partnership. So I think he'll come out of that Test match thinking: 'Yeah, actually I feel in good nick. I feel like I've got myself going'."

Trott, 34, averages 45.01 from 51 Tests. He was a central figure at No 3 in the Test team until he flew home from Australia in late 2013 during the Ashes which Cook's team lost 0-5.